Curtain-hanger.



' No. 702,420. Patented lune l7, I902. A. F. GUSHORN.

CURTAIN HANGER.

(Application filed July 30, 1901.]

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A. F. GOSHOBN. CURTAIN H-A NGER.

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. UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFIC ALFRED F. GOSHORN, OF OANTON,QOI-IIO.

CURTAIN-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,420, dated June 17, 1902.

Application filed 30,1901. Serial No. 70,224. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that .I, ALFRED F. Gosnonn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Ourtain-Hanger, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to an improved hanger for supporting curtains and draping the same on windows or elsewhere; and theobjects of my improvements are to provide ahanger on which the curtain can be readily attached or detached and one on which the curtain can be draped on a straight or curved line and at any desired distance from the window-frame by suitable variations in the lengths of the I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the hanger arranged for draping in a curved line; Fig. 2,a sectional view showing the hanger attached to a window-frame. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views showing other forms of attachment. Fig. 5 is a detached perspective view of a double rod; Fig. 6, a similar view of a single rod; Fig. 7, a perspective view of the hanger arranged for draping ina straight line and showing notched plates; Fig. 8, a detached perspective view of one of the two similar notched plates, and Fig. 9 is a crosssection showing attachment by two similar notched. plates. l

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The hanger-plates land 2 may bemade of wood, metal, or other suitable material and are respectively provided with corresponding apertures or holes 3 for the passing of the nails or screws 4 used for attaching the plate to the window-frame 5. The hanger-rods 6 may be made single or double of a thin bar or stiff wire and have their inner ends 7bent down substantially at a right angle, with a loop or eye 8formed thereon, and their outer ends 9 drawn or ground'to a sharp point, the same being curved by bending upward to form I the pinpointed hooks 10.

with each other a curved line, as illustrated inFig. 1, or a straightline, as illustrated in Fig. 7. l

For attaching the hanger to the windowframe 5 the bent-down rear ends 7 and the loops or eyes 8 thereon are placed between the respective plates 1 and 2, so said loops or eyes will register with the respective holes 3 in said plates. The nails or screws 4 are then passed through said holes and loops or eyes and driven into the window-frame 5, which completes the attachment, as illustrated in Fig. 2. The rods 6 pass over and rest on the upper edge 11 of the plate 1, giving strength and steadiness to the hooks;,or similar plates 1 and 2, provided, respectively, with notches 8 in their contiguous faces, adapted, respectively, to receive the bent-down inner ends 7 of the. rods and the loops or eyes 8 thereon, can be used, thus per mitting the plates to close in contact, as illustrated in Fig. 7.

If it be desired, the plate 2 or 2 can be omitted and the turned-down inner ends of the rods fastened directly against the window-frame, as illustrated in Fig. 3, or both plates can be omitted and the head of the nail or screw engage the loops or eyes directly, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The hanger being attached to the windowframe, the curtain 12 is attached and draped on the outer ends of the rods 6, as illustrated in Fig. 2, by engagement of the sharpened hooks therewith. These pin-pointed hooks can pass through the body of the curtain or may engage therewith in any other suitable manner. By means of the multiplicity of points of engagement the curtain can be gathered in folds and draped in any manner to suit the fancy of the draper, and the rods are preferably made long'eno'ugh tojhang the curtain away from the window, leaving a clear space therebetween for the properioperation of a window-shade. The curtain can also be readily removed from the hangerby merely lifting it from thehooks. f

Having described my invention, what I- claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isl 1. For a curtain-hanger, the combination of a window-frame, a multiplicity of rods directed outward from said frame, there being the outer side of said loops having its upper edge in contact with said rods, there being holes in said plate registering respectively with said loops, and screws passing respectively through said holes and loops into the window-frame, substantially as specified.

3. For a curtain-hanger, LhQ'CODlblIlELlliOU. ofa window-frame, a multiplicity of rods directed outward from said frame, there being means for attaching a curtain to the outer ends of said rods and bent-down loops formed on the inner ends thereof, plates located on the outer and'inner sides of said loops, the upper edge of said outer plate being in contact with said rods, there being holes in said plates registering respectively with said loops, and screws passing respectively through said holes and loops into the window-frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ALFRED F. GOSHORN. Witnesses:

H. W. KLEIN, HARRY FREASE. 

